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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
13
A Rotary Club event at Anthony hotel marked the season finale with wives accompanying members. Speakers included master Fremk Je and Harvey Randall delivered remarks while ladies attended with companions, bouquets presented, and entertainment praised, as the dinner concluded the year’s activities.
Centennial Sunday observance proceeds with a large gathering at the Burmulors center. Attendees share speeches and a well received program, marking a significant local anniversary with community leaders present.
Governor Ralston and Mrs Ralston arrive in Corydon for the centennial celebration. Major Meyrin and Din Walker accompany, as a large crowd greets them with a cordial welcome. He stresses the importance of the Corydon centennial in his remarks.
City budget talks for 1918 force a $76,000 cut from the departments as officials debate tax levy increases. A framed photograph donation is presented at the municipal building by Mrs Fred Hayden, commemorating her father. The board approves paving and street work on Seatt Avenue, Home Avenue, Lewis Street, Marion Street, and Neatt Avenue, with several contractors reporting completed or pending projects.
A convention urged city voters to authorize building a municipal auditorium. The campaign stresses public benefit and cites fund-raising support from Cat lustayers of Mort Weyio. The Gries Poansteretieon company plans a street project aiding traffic, while Sheets Construction Co prepares to deploy crews to finish a sewer job left incomplete.
Masons from across the region travel to Indianapolis for the forty fourth annual assembly of the Grand Imperial Council of the order for the United States. Robert A Woods of Princeton Indiana attends as grand sovereign. Charles W Fairbanks chairs the committee with Lucien Zults as assembly clerk. Sessions are tomorrow followed by the banquet tomorrow night.
Residents and visitors are listed with brief movements including Tom Jones’s business outing near Siwood, Oliver Berkey’s family from Ware, Mrs. Pipher from Oakland, and many others in Warsaw Fort Wayne Columbia City Mentone and Bourbon areas. Social calls, visits, and family gatherings highlight a busy week with several trips to Deconi nn day services and Decoration Day activities.
A fragment from Roy L McCardell portrays Mr Jarr departing for work while Mrs Jarr debates shopping and social life. They discuss baseball, city living, suburban comforts, and the draw of town culture versus rural calm in a lively domestic essay.
A fragmented OCR page shows varied small ads for employment and services. Entries mention government clerks positions with high pay, dining staff, cooks and waiters, and general help wanted. Addresses and contact hints reference Rochester New York and Washington bureaus.
A scanned page shows numerous help wanted ads for females and various positions, plus rooming, board, and a mix of local notices. Entries mention hotel staff, housekeepers, and sales jobs, with scattered details like locations and contact references. An injury report and a veterans’ ceremony recount are also included alongside miscellaneous community notices.
Gomer Hens Ligg… conducted the funeral for Mrs. D. Horn vaca. Attendees from Albion include Mrs. Eagles and wife, Miss Riertet Magles, Mrs. CQ. Mo Eagles, Mim Graft, Mrs. Osdark, Mrs. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Tieviedl Jones, Mrs. Haney, and Mrs. Galloteny of Cromwell. Visitors from Mishsawalea and Nuk pice also attended. Several guests journeyed from nearby towns for the three day event. A high school athletics contest and other community activities linked to the visit were reported amid remodeling work on Mrs. Halbert’s residence and related local efforts.
A garbled OCR text describes dubious advertising lines and solicitations for business, with scattered phrases about theft, military references, real estate for rent, and apartment listings. It notes calls to action and vague contact details, all presented in a disjointed, hard-to-parse style.
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